Environment
Government Determined to Stop Deaths from Wild Elephant Attacks: Minister
The environment minister told a meeting on human-elephant conflict that the government is determined to end deaths from wild elephant attacks.
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Death
Fruits
Two Girls Killed Collecting Mangoes During Storm in Muktagachha
Two young cousins died when a tree branch fell on them as they collected mangoes during a storm in Muktagachha, Mymensingh.
Fruits
Man Dies After Falling From Mango Tree in Bhairab
A 38-year-old man died after falling from a mango tree while picking mangoes in Bhairab, Kishoreganj.
Fruits
Security Guard Dies After Falling from Tree While Picking Mangoes
A 55-year-old security guard died after falling from a tree while picking mangoes in Rampura, Dhaka.
Crops
Village Doctor Killed Chasing Wild Elephants from Paddy Field
A 50-year-old village doctor died after a wild elephant turned on him as villagers drove a herd out of paddy fields in Haluaghat, Mymensingh.
Crops
Another Farmer Killed by Wild Elephant in Sherpur
A 55-year-old farmer was trampled to death by a wild elephant while chasing a herd away from ripe boro paddy on the Sreebardi border.
Environment
Baby Langur Cries Beside Its Mother, Electrocuted in Lathitila Forest
A spectacled langur has again died of electrocution in the Lathitila reserved forest in Juri, Moulvibazar, and its baby kept crying beside the body.
Crops
Farmer Dies of Snakebite in Sherpur
Farmer Aynal Haque (38) died after being bitten by a snake while checking his paddy field in Nalitabari upazila of Sherpur.
Agribusiness
Shopkeeper Fined for Buying Sick Chickens and Selling Them at Extra Profit
A trader in Nabiganj upazila of Habiganj was fined Tk 5,000 for buying sick chickens cheaply and selling them at a profit, and more than a hundred sick and dead birds were buried.
Bangladesh
Barking Deer Killed by Truck in Satchari
An endangered barking deer was killed by a truck in the forest of Satchari National Park in Habiganj on Sunday night.
Bangladesh
Two Langurs Electrocuted in February on Uncovered Power Lines
Two langurs were electrocuted on uncovered power lines in Lathitila reserved forest in Juri, Moulvibazar, this February, after a third died last October.
World
Polar Bear Kills Mother and Son in Alaska
A polar bear that wandered into the town of Wales in Alaska killed a woman and her one-year-old son outside a school before being shot.
Livestock
2,500 Chicks Die in One Night at Loan-Funded Poultry Farm in Feni
Two thousand five hundred 12-day-old chicks died at a poultry farm in Sonagazi, Feni, and poultry doctors could not establish the cause.